Bonk's Adventure

Game Summary

Bonk has returned and it's just the way you've always loved him. It's 10,000 B.C. and the lizardous "King Drool" has Princess Za in his evil clutches! Join Bonk as he journeys through five sprawling levels of the prehistoric past to rescue the princess. Bonk will literally have to use his head to propel himself up cliff sides, out-think boss characters, solve puzzles, and best of all smash enemies and objects!
Bonk's Adventure was originally released in 1990 for the TurboGrafx-16 system and won Game of the Year honors, as well as many other accolades. With the introduction of the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console, Hudson is pleased to announce Bonk's Adventure as the first title available under the TurboGrafx-16 library. A new generation of fans will enjoy the comedic gameplay elements that made Bonk's Adventure so unique, while fans of the original will once again be able to relive Bonk's exploits.

All Microsoft-themed articles this week must feature at least one Halo: Reach image
With TGS upon us it's time for the companies to begin the show and tell process. Thankfully, Microsoft has just released the full list of games which they'll have available at this week's show. It's quite a hefty dollop of stuff indeed, and gamers should be very pleased with all that's being offered.
Hit the jump for the full list.
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Bonk's return to prominence and glory (one would hope) in Bonk: Brink of Extinction has been detailed more thoroughly in the November issue of Nintendo Power magazine (via NeoGAF).
The game, which will be available for WiiWare, Xbox LIVE Arcade, and the PlayStation Network, sounds like it will have a pretty good amount of ground to cover as downloads go, with 30 stages laid out across three worlds. This will be expanded further thanks to downloadable content, allowing for a second adventure mode and two multiplayer modes. Read More

You remember Bonk, right? It shouldn't be difficult; the mascot of the TurboGrafx-16 and his futuristic descendant Zonk have made up a healthy share of Virtual Console releases since they began the service. And now, it appears that Hudson is ready to bring the courageous cave-dweller and his stone-hard skull back for a new generation. Read More

For a while, it seemed that there was no interest in a North American release for the DS role-playing game known as "Nostalgeo no Kaze" (among a number of translations). However, when all hope seemed to be lost, the power of not one, but two companies stepped in to make sure that come September, Western gamers would get the chance to step into an alternate 19th-century Earth.
The game has quite the pedigree behind it: It's developed by Matrix Software, who were responsible for Dragon Quest V on the PS2 and Final Fantasies III-IV on the DS, and is done so in association with Red Entertainment, who has dabbled in such titles as Gungrave, Thousand Arms, and even Bonk. And for Japanophiles, it gets even better: Keisuke Kikuchi of Fatal Frame and Tokobot is the Producer, with direction by Sakura
Taisen's Naoki Morita. Art direction comes from Yoshiteru Tsujino (known from Far East of Eden), with airship
design by Takuhito Kusanagi (Grandia, Blue Submarine No.6, Samurai 7), and
enemy design by Keita Amemiya (Iria- Zeiram the Animation, Kamen Rider).
Their efforts will put players in the role of Eddie, a headstrong Londoner who, in true RPG fashion, amasses a group of followers who will join him as he travels the skies in a steampunk-inspired zeppelin.
For the full story on this unique take on the genre, continue reading for the full press release. Read More